REGINA v GIANG [2001] NSWCCA 276

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : REGINA v GIANG [2001] NSWCCA 276 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60230/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 4 July 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 July 2001

PARTIES : The Crown David Cuong Giang (Appl) JUDGMENT OF : Studdert J at 1; McClellan J at 2

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 01/21/3015 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Sides DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : D Woodburne (Crown) P R Linegar (Appl) SOLICITORS : S E O'Connor (Crown) P Nguyen (Appl) CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - appeal against severity of sentence - s 319 Crimes Act - act with intent to pervert the course of justice - applicant pleaded guilty to charge that he entered into an agreement and made preparations to give false evidence on behalf of a defendant in Local Court proceedings - objective - criminality of the applicant - case where subjective matters significant - serious nature of offence LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act s 319 Justices Act s 51A R v Purtell [2001] NSWCCA 21 R v Chapman, Court of Criminal Appeal, 21 May 1998, unreported R v Bulliman, Court of Criminal Appeal, 25 February 1993 R v Aristodemou, Court of Criminal Appeal, 30 June 1994, unreported R v Chad, Court of Criminal Appeal, 13 May 1997, unreported CASES CITED: R v Healy, Court of Appeal of Victoria, 4 August 1997, unreported R v Stone, Supreme Court of Victoria, 4 March 1998, unreported R v Paul Ronald Delio, Supreme Court of Victoria, 23 March 1998 Christian v R, Supreme Court of West Australia, Court of Criminal Appeal, 17 May 1996 R v Wiltshire [1999] WASCA 113 Slander v The Queen (1999) 195 CLR 655 Dinsdale v The Queen (2000) 175 ALR 315 DECISION : See para 45